The 30 startup finalists will participate in a six-week virtual bootcampin preparation for stakeholder engagements at the main event, as well as a two-day physical bootcamp as a preamble to the DEMO Africa showcase. At the event, five winning startups will be selected to participate in the 2019 edition of the Lions@frica Innovation Tour in Silicon Valley. These DEMO ambassadors will be the startups that show the highest potential for scaling across African and international markets, with a mature understanding of their product-market fit, a great team, and a defensible and commercially viable technology.